Popular baby names in Alabama, 1950

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1950 were Mary for girls (1,842 babies) and James for boys (2,660). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 74,872 babies born in Alabama in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1950

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Charlie: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Delois: 42 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Unknown: 82 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Annie: 514 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bettye: 67 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mattie: 127 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ola: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Willie: 176 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Fannie: 65 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 78 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Grady: 53 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 953 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Will: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tommie: 71 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 59 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Charlie: 159 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jessie: 96 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rufus: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	1,842	↑1	2
2	Linda	1,694	↓1	1
3	Brenda	1,094	↑1	14
4	Patricia	1,070	↓1	3
5	Barbara	946	–	4
6	Sandra	722	↑2	8
7	Betty	654	↓1	26
8	Shirley	630	↓1	19
9	Carolyn	570	–	20
10	Deborah	566	↑11	7
11	Judy	547	↓1	25
12	Annie	514	↑2	>100
13	Martha	500	↓2	32
14	Dorothy	496	↓2	35
15	Janice	476	↓2	22
16	Gloria	398	↓1	30
17	Wanda	397	↑8	52
18	Margaret	394	↓2	15
19	Nancy	365	–	6
20	Elizabeth	345	↓3	24
21	Joyce	343	↑3	27
22	Sharon	341	–	11
23	Susan	340	–	5
24	Rebecca	338	↓4	36
25	Carol	299	↑1	9
26	Peggy	292	↓8	41
27	Glenda	283	↑1	87
28	Donna	271	↑1	13
29	Sarah	249	↑1	88
30	Cynthia	246	↑8	23
31	Doris	233	↓4	74
32	Charlotte	225	↓1	80
33	Diane	212	↑9	16
34	Helen	211	↓1	50
35	Virginia	209	↑1	43
36	Kathy	206	↑5	38
37	Beverly	196	↑6	31
38	Frances	193	↓1	51
39	Janet	190	new	18
40	Jo	188	↓1	64
41	Sherry	188	↑4	62
42	Sheila	187	new	70
43	Alice	180	↓11	57
44	Gwendolyn	176	↓4	>100
45	Willie	176	↓10	>100
46	Karen	166	new	12
47	Pamela	162	new	17
48	Patsy	159	↓14	>100
49	Phyllis	159	new	53
50	Judith	156	↓4	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	2,660	–	1
2	Robert	1,421	↑2	2
3	John	1,409	–	3
4	William	1,379	↓2	6
5	Charles	1,206	–	9
6	Larry	1,178	–	11
7	Willie	953	–	42
8	David	858	–	5
9	Michael	782	↑2	4
10	Jerry	729	↓1	24
11	Thomas	679	↓1	8
12	Ronald	613	–	12
13	Donald	564	↑2	14
14	George	549	↓1	20
15	Richard	540	↑1	7
16	Jimmy	491	↓2	55
17	Johnny	456	–	50
18	Kenneth	432	↑2	15
19	Gary	421	↑3	10
20	Billy	407	↓2	57
21	Bobby	398	–	65
22	Edward	375	↑3	22
23	Joseph	374	↓4	13
24	Henry	322	↑3	47
25	Eddie	318	↓1	89
26	Joe	317	↓3	54
27	Danny	303	↓1	39
28	Terry	287	↑1	30
29	Walter	270	↑1	40
30	Roger	264	↓2	27
31	Roy	250	↑2	51
32	Samuel	241	↑3	62
33	Paul	236	↓1	18
34	Harold	229	–	45
35	Tommy	227	↑1	94
36	Arthur	216	↑3	46
37	Stephen	211	↑3	19
38	Frank	208	↓1	29
39	Phillip	201	↑7	64
40	Clarence	190	↑1	95
41	Daniel	188	↑2	21
42	Ronnie	180	↓11	76
43	Carl	179	↓5	44
44	Dennis	176	new	17
45	Jimmie	163	–	>100
46	Charlie	159	↓2	>100
47	Raymond	158	–	31
48	Douglas	155	new	28
49	Steven	155	new	16
50	Melvin	153	new	87

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